About Us

The Alliance for Community Transition is a network of organizations and individuals working to coordinate and strengthen community action in response to climate change, diminishing resources, and economic uncertainty.

Our purpose is to expedite our community’s transition toward a resilient, sustainable, and hopeful future dependent upon human resourcefulness, renewable energy, and a healthy natural environment.

Our goal is to organize community participation in developing and implementing an Action Plan that will reduce our carbon footprint, increase our resilience to change, and revitalize our economy.

Founding Member organizations

South Puget Environmental Education Clearinghouse (SPEECH) http://www.oly-wa.us/greenpages/
The South Sound Green Pages is published by the South Puget Environmental Education Clearinghouse (SPEECH), a 21 year old, all volunteer, non-profit environmental education and information center. We provide support and resources to those working to develop environmentally sustainable communities. To help preserve, protect and restore the local environment, SPEECH sponsors educational forums and events, collaborates with other community groups and individuals, and… publishes the South Sound Green Pages!

Sustainable South Sound http://www.sustainablesouthsound.org/
Since 1992 Sustainable South Sound has been working to educate and empower citizens and policy makers with information and resources needed to create a more sustainable community. SSS currently focuses its work through two programs, the Local Food System Program and the Buy Local Program.

Thurston Climate Action Team (TCAT) http://www.oly-wa.us/ThurstonClimateAction/
The Thurston Climate Action Team is a public/private partnership dedicated to creating a healthy and sustainable future for Thurston County by encouraging, coordinating, and taking action on climate change. TCAT's founding members include individuals serving on local jurisdiction governing bodies, along with citizen activitists, representatives of key planning entities in the county and the educational community.

Transition Olympia – Climate Action (TOCA)
Transition Olympia is a group of people in Olympia, Washington (and surrounding areas) that is actively addressing the triple threat of Global Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Economic Contraction by catalyzing local community, sustainability, resilience, and human scale solutions. TOCA holds monthly informational meetings. For e-mail notices of TOCA meetings, contact Jeff Holcomb mapmaker98502@gmail.com

To join listserve conversation about climate change and meeting notices, contact Barb Scavezze at barb@scavezze.com